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These core subject areas are key to the learning about the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and were idenitifed in the Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools Indigenous Health Curriculum Framework.
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Indigenous Societies, Cultures and Medicines Key student attributes & outcomes [1] |
| Describe the key features of Indigenous Australian identity, languages, societies, cultures and spirituality. |
| Explain Indigenous conceptions of health and illness, including social and emotional well-being. |
| Outline the process of learning in Indigenous cultures. |
| Demonstrate ways of respectfully acquiring cultural information. |
| Identify the essential features of Indigenous medicine and outline the implications for doctor and patient interactions, including ways of respectfully working with Indigenous healing and spiritual practitioners. |
| Identify protocols and processes for referrals and for utilising support from Aboriginal Health Workers and other Indigenous health/support professionals. |
These curriculum resources will aid your teaching and enrich your curriculum, and help you achieve the key student attributes and outcomes.
Resources
Books
Anderson, I. 1993. Towards a Koori Healing Practice, Voices from the Land: The 1993 Boyer Lectures, ABC Books, Sydney.
Crawford, F. 1989. Jalinardi Ways: Whitefellas Working in Aboriginal Communities, Centre for Aboriginal Studies and the School of Social Work, Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
Eckermann, A K., Dowd, T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R. & Johnson, S. 2005. Binan Goonj: Bridging Cultures in Aboriginal Health (2nd Ed.), Churchill Livingstone, Sydney.
Franks, C. & Curr, B. 1996. Keeping Company. An Intercultural Conversation, Centre for Indigenous Development Education and Research, University of Wollongong, Wollongong.
Genat, W. 2006. Aboriginal Healthworkers: Primary Health Care at the Margins, University of Western Australia Press, Perth.
Ngannyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council Aboirginal Corporation. 2003. Ngangkari Work- Anangu Way Traditional Healers of Central Australia, Everbest Printing Company, China.
Journals
Indigenous Health Special Issue. 2003, British Medical Journal, Vol.327, no.7412 [2].
Indigenous Health Special Issue. 2007, The Medical Journal of Australia, Vol.186, no.10. [3]
Papers
Hughes, P. & More, A J. 1997, Aboriginal Ways of Learning and Learning Styles, paper at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane. [4]
Reports
VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit. 2000, We Don't Like Research... but in Koori Hands it Could Make a Difference, VicHealth Koori Health Research and Community Development Unit, Melbourne. [5]
Websites
Australian Indigenous Health Infonet [6]
The Univeristy of Tasmania Indigenous Health Theme Bank [7]
Australian Medical Association, Report Cards on Indigenous Health [8]
We are seeking additional resources, so if you have any publications, audio visual materials or websites that you recommend and would like to add to this list please email us using the contact us form [9].